Updated 5:54 pm, Saturday, June 29, 2013

A mother of three is being charged in connection to the disappearance and probable death of her 3-year-old daughter, authorities said Saturday.

Sabrina Marie Deleon, 26, was being held in the Harris County Jail on a child endangerment charge Friday while detectives investigated the suspected death of her 3-year-old daughter, Lee'onna Ramirez. On Saturday, charges of seriously bodily injury to a child and tampering with evidence – human corpse were filed, according to online records.

Deleon originally told authorities that the little girl was living with her father in Mexico. She later admitted that the girl died last year of an illness and that she put the body into the trash, according to KPRC-Channel 2.

CPS investigation began questioning Deleon after a car crash in April in which her 6-year-old daughter was not properly restrained. "We knew she had three children. We had been involved with her before," Carter said, adding that the agency was trying to make sure her other children were properly cared for.